What Does Ponyboy Wish For?

Pony runs back to Johnny and says they should run away. But, as they talk, he starts wishing for his warm bed. Darry doesn’t have the right to keep that from him. So Pony decides he and Johnny will just walk over to the park, and then he’ll go home.

What does Ponyboy want most?

He wants to be there for his brothers and his friends, and he cares deeply about those close to him. Even after all of his loss, he goes back to school and tries to live up to Darry’s hope for him to get an education.

What are Ponyboys hopes and dreams?

Sometimes Ponyboy’s dreams are expressions of his hopes for his life, such as being back with Darrell and Sodapop and sleeping in a warm bed instead of on a cold church floor. Ponyboy’s ability to dream so vividly provides him with escape from the grim circumstances of his life.

What does Ponyboy Wish look like?

What celebrity does Ponyboy wish he looked like? Paul Newman.

What 4 Things did Ponyboy give?

They find Dally there, and he provides them with $50, a gun, warm, dry clothes for Pony, and a plan that includes a safe hiding place. Dally instructs them to hop a train to Windrixville, hike up Jay Mountain, and stay in an abandoned church until he comes for them.

What did Ponyboy do in the end?

In his final essay for English class, Ponyboy writes about his own life because he wants to share his story of struggle and resilience.

Who and what does Ponyboy love?

Ponyboy loves his brother Darrel, but since the loss of their parents, Darrel has become different. He’s suddenly raising his two teenage brothers, and has taken on all of the responsibilities of a parent.

Do cherry and Ponyboy end up together?

Canonically, the only relationship between them is a mutual understanding and respect, as well as an ambiguous friendship and alliance. Ponyboy has a bit of a crush on her, but that’s about it. Cherry has no canon romantic feelings for Ponyboy.

What is Ponyboy’s famous quote?

Quotes (102) Ponyboy: Nature’s first green is gold / Her hardest hue to hold / Her early leaf’s a flower / But only so an hour / Then leaf subsides to leaf / So Eden sank to grief / So dawn goes down to day / Nothing gold can stay.

What is Ponyboy’s dream and why wont it come true?

What is Pony’s dream and why will it not come true? It won’t come true because his parents are dead and they can’t afford to move. What is Cherry’s dream and why won’t it come true? Cherry’s dream is that the Soc’s and the greasers will get along.

Why was pony upset about getting a haircut?

Why was Pony upset about getting a haircut? “It was my pride. . . . Our hair labeled us Greasers, too — it was our trademark. The one thing we were proud of.

How does Ponyboy react to Johnny’s death?

After Johnny’s death and Dally’s departure, Ponyboy wanders through the hospital’s halls in a daze. Pony is in denial about Johnny’s death, and keeps repeating that he isn’t dead. He leaves the hospital and roams the streets until a stranger picks him up and drives him home.

What was Ponyboy’s life like?

Ponyboy Curtis is a 14-year-old boy whose world has been turned upside down. His parents were killed in an automobile accident just eight months before The Outsiders story takes place. He lives with his oldest brother, Darry, who is 20 years old and has legal custody of him and his other brother, Sodapop, who is 16.

What was special about Ponyboy?

Ponyboy is caring and gentle, and a different type of greaser. Fitting in is everything, and sometimes people try to change for their friends, or groups. Like Ponyboy, he is even an outsider in his own gang because he is immensely different.

How is Ponyboy loyal?

Loyalty is a point of pride, honor, and principle for Ponyboy Curtis, star player in The Outsiders. He doesn’t like some of the people in his gang, especially dangerous Dallas Winston, but he would still do anything for Dallas and would defend him from danger if possible.

What do the rich kids call Ponyboy and his friends?

Greasers
What do the rich kids call Ponyboy and his friends? Greasers.

What does Ponyboy realize at the end of the book?

Ponyboy realizes that he cannot become wholly naïve or wholly tough. He cannot stop being a greaser in order to retain his innocence or sacrifice his ideals in order to become a toughened gangster.

Is outsiders a true story?

Though the real setting may cause you to wonder if Outsiders is based on a true story (like History’s similarly located Hatfields & McCoys), this series is totally fictional.

How was Dally’s death foreshadowed?

Tough Guy. Notice the “used to.” This is some subtle foreshadowing. Pony no longer sketches Dally because Dally’s already dead when Pony’s writing. His death is one of his reasons Pony’s writing this piece in the first place.

Who does Johnny love in The Outsiders?

member Dallas Winston
Johnny idolizes gang member Dallas Winston. Dally is living proof that one can survive without parents or family. Johnny needs to follow in the footsteps of someone in his life and Dally, his hero, is the one he chooses. The relationship between these two boys is very interdependent.

Who is Ponyboy’s best friend?

Johnny Cade
Johnny Cade: Ponyboy’s best friend. 16 years old, who is extremely quiet and lives with his alcoholic, neglectful and abusive parents.